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Fan theories are a lot of fun, even if they sometimes border on the ridiculous.
Because you guys enjoyed our part 1 so much, today we are looking at even more theories
surrounding the caped crusader.
So let’s take a look at the top 10 BATMAN FAN THEORIES PART 2.
In the number 10 spot, THE JOKER IS METAHUMAN.
Seriously, this guy’s been drowned, stabbed, made to listen to my singing, beaten, everything
awful, and he’s still kicking.
One explanation that has been offered for this is he’s not human, but rather the accident
that bleached his skin triggered a latent meta gene in his DNA to switch on.
DC even had a whole miniseries called the invasion dedicated to explaining how people
could suffer such traumatic incidents and develop superpowers.
So next time someone asked if you were dropped on your head as a baby, tell them that’s
how you got your super powers.
Coming in at number 9, BANE WAS TRYING TO HELP BATMAN.
Dark Knight Rises viewers will pick up on Bane constantly referring to a ‘plan’
of some sort, without really going into what this plan is.
Some people have begun to wonder if his plan had noble intentions.
Sure, he was painted as the villain, but perhaps he was actually doing Gotham a favor while
secretly acting against the league of shadows.
He’s constantly trying to pull the Bat back into the spotlight and even his famous back
breaking incident can be seen as him forcing Batman back into the role of the city’s
protector; because they sure as hell need one.
Next, at number 8, BRUCE OWNS GOTHAM’S HVAC SYSTEMS.
This seemingly basic theory was something started by players of the Arkham video games;
they noticed that all the ventilation systems Batman travelled through were unusually large
enough to fit a grown man inside.
Well, wouldn’t it make sense if Bruce Wayne bought out all the ventilation companies and
made the vents to his liking so he could sneak around Gotham?
Yeah, simple as that.
Right in line with the Lex Luther cell phone theory check out our Superman fan theories
for that one.
In the number 7 spot, BATGIRL WAS SUPPSOED TO BE IN DARK KNIGHT RISES.
This one is a little farfetched, but you probably noticed there was a young girl part of the
Gordon family.
Well, the daughter is Barbara Gordon, who goes on to become Batgirl, and the reason
she was kept in the background may have been so they didn’t have to commit to an actress
for Batgirl.
Which means they were planning to put her in a movie.
So perhaps if Heath Ledger hadn’t passed and the next film was completely different,
she would’ve been in it.
Coming in at number 6 we have CRIMINALS FOR HIRE.
We are shown several times, like in Batman Year One, that Bruce doesn’t want to run
a company, he wants to beat the bad guys.
In order to save Wayne enterprises from bankruptcy, the higher ups hired costumed actors to portray
villains to draw him back to Gotham and hence back into the company.
Kind of explains why the guy rarely ever loses against the biggest and baddest foes and why
those foes never get caught by officials time and time again.
Next up, at number 5, THE JOKER IS A VIRUS.
The theory goes that the Joker isn’t a particular person, but rather a virus that infects a
host.
Or even a spirit or ghost, to get even spookier.
This would explain why the joker seems to have a different story every time we see him,
and why nobody can seem to figure out his backstory.
Something similar actually happened in Batman Beyond return o the joker; rather, it was
a microchip containing his essence implanted in Tim Drake’s head after the joker’s
death.
Up next at number 4, BATMAN IS ACTUALLY THE VILLAIN.
We can say that Batman is more than a little obsessed with bringing justice to the enemies
of Gotham.
But here’s the question, which was once posed in the animated series: did the criminals
create Batman or did he create the criminals?
Why does he always leave them alive and put away in shoddy facilities where they can constantly
escape?
He knows that his methods keep crime happening, and if crime keeps happening, he gets to keep
being Batman.
In the number 3 spot, THE JOKER HAS A SUPER POWER.
Yes, some people theorize that the villain is not just insanely smart or smartly insane,
but that he actually has a super power.
A power any professional comedian or clown would kill for.
The power of a perfect sense of timing.
This is evidenced by the fact that he always seems to be just on time; whether it’s for
escaping in the nick of time or arriving just when he needs to, he always seems to be in
the right place at the right time for whatever he’s got in the works.
Coming in at number 2, THE JOKER IS ROBIN.
In Batman v superman it seems implied that the Joker killed Robin by the message left
on the Robin suit.
But there could be a different meaning to that joke: maybe Robin was the joker all along.
This is further supported by the bullet holes in the costume matching the scars on Jared
Leto’s joker, as well as a bird tattoo on his arm, presumably a robin.
Finally, the presence of the J tattoo under his eye matches one that marked Jason Todd
in the Injustice video games.
And finally, in the number 1 spot, BATMAN KILLED HIS PARENTS.
We need to start off here by remembering that the multiverse is a thing and that many universes
exist in the many universes of DC.
So travelling between universes does happen, but under one timeline.
Now, picture this: Batman has just defeated some ultimate evil of the multiverses and
finds himself transported for whatever reason back in time to a universe where he encounters
a younger version of himself, out with his parents.
He has a choice now: he can walk away and prevent batman from existing, meaning the
ultimate threat would go undefeated by Batman.
Or he can kill his own parents, creating batman and ultimately saving the universe in the
end.
Yes, it’s convoluted, but it’s also garnered a lot of attention as one of those far out
theories that still holds a shred of plausibility.
So those were the top 10 BATMAN FAN THEORIES PART 2.
Let me know in the comment section down below what fan theories you want next.
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